LATEST THE PEACE TREATY

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XVII, Issue 5610, 6 May 1919, Page 3

LATEST THE PEACE TREATY

Some of the Clauses y t A FORECAST (Australian and N.Z. Cable.) May 6, 11 a.m.) PARIS, May 3. Germany will renounce' her rights to fifteen German main cables, but the Council has not decided how to dispose of them. Mr W.dsou opposed the British scheme of re-distribution. He uiged that it was undesirable that sub- ’ marine cables, which were of great intcrntaional importance, should become a British monopoly. He suggested that the Allies and associated Powers should act as trustees fo t - these cables, pending the establishment of an international convention. The Council authorised Mr Wilson to draw up a formula covering his suggestion providing that subsequently the Allies and associated Powers should determine ruder what national or international mandate they will he used. All tire Allies have accepted the British protectorate of Egypt. The clause will require Germany to recognise the protectorate, and not interest herself in any negotiations relating to Egypt. All the powers conferred upon , the Sultan relating to the Suez Canal i by the convention of 1888 will pass to I Britain. Germany renounces all rights in Morocco to France, and abandons all her property there, the German Government compensating all German subjects for their lost possessions. The Council has decided that it is j unable to give Poland full ownership ( of the Danzig docks, but the treaty will i guarantee the Poles power to develop i the port of Grondo., and Bresfc-Litovsk t will be excluded from Poland. 1 The conditions governing the eturu 1 of Alsace and Lorraine will bo eminently favourable to France. The provinces will be handed over lock, stock and bar- - red, without debt. The frontiers will be those of 1871. French nationality will be assumed by- the inhabitants. Hermany repays the forced levies made on j Alsace-Lorraine for war expenditure, d and becomes responsible for the civil and d military pensions. The French Govern ment secures the right to liquidate German subjects’ property in these pro ■ vinces, Germany indemnifying the dispossessed persons. u An interesting clause provides j that land-locked States may possess j, ships and gj'vc maritime certificates, 0 which all ports “must recognise. a Germany will undertake to disgorge e all the gold acquired by various trails- o actions during the war, including Tur- s Kish and Austro-Hungarian payments y in exchange for paper loans and booty removed from Russia and Rbnmania. b All Germany’s claims for repayment from her former Allies are transferred to the Allies. q I PRESENTATION OF TREATY, 0 S a TAKES PLACE TO-MORROW. 8 I LATEST REPORT FROM PARIS. (Australian and K.Z. Cable.) c (May 6, II am.) PARIS, May 5. The Peace Treaty will be handed to the Germans at 2.15 p Is. on Wednesday. The Belgian Crown Council has decided to sign the Peace Treaty.